Emmerdale finally confirms Ethan Anderson’s cause of death

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Emmerdale has finally confirmed Ethan Anderson’s cause of death.

Ethan tragically died last week, shortly after being struck by Ruby Fox-Miligan’s car in a revenge hit-and-run attack.

Ruby has been struggling with her conscience since Ethan’s death, especially after her son Nicky found out what she had done.

Thursday’s (June 13) episode on ITV1 and streaming service ITVX took place against the backdrop of Ethan’s funeral as his father Charles faced a crisis of faith.

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Charles was shocked to see Ruby standing next to him in the church to comfort the priest. Ruby later confessed to Caleb that she almost confessed her love to Charles at that moment.

Caleb was determined to stop his wife from coming clean, but she never got a chance to admit her wrongdoing until Charles received the news of Ethan’s cause of death.

The pastor explained that Ethan had died from an undiagnosed aneurysm and not from the effects of the hit-and-run accident, as Ruby had feared.

Caleb and Ruby toasted the news, while their son Nicky quickly became disgusted at the way his parents handled Ethan’s death.

“I thought you would do the right thing this one time,” Nicky said to his mother.

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Ruby tried to mediate between her husband and son, but tempers flared when Caleb lunged at Nicky to hit him.

“(Mom) is weak, feeble and pathetic, just like I was when you made me out to be a pimp,” Nicky shouted angrily at his father.

Nicky then announced that he was done with his parents – he never wanted to speak to them again!

This rift within the Miligan family comes amid reports that Nicky actor Lewis Cope and his co-star Brahmdeo Shannon Ramana (Suni Sharma) will be leaving Emmerdale shortly.

Meanwhile, Charles was struggling with grief after his son’s funeral. When Manpreet tried to build a relationship with her partner, a drunken Charles rejected her and asked her to leave him alone.

Emmerdale will be broadcast weekdays at 7:30pm on ITV1 and streamed on ITVX.

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If you identify with the topics in this article, the NHS offers resources for grief counselling and other support in the UK. In the US the CDC also provides resources for those who are grieving.

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